Cyprus Before the Bronze Age: Art of the Chalcolithic Period

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The latest finds--architectural remains, burial objects, stone artifacts, pottery, and copper objects--from recent excavations indicate that Cyprus played a more pivotal role in pre-Bronze Age socioeconomic development than was previously thought. This book describes findings from excavations
at Lemba, the site where the most important new information about this period has been uncovered. Included are illustrations of many previously unpublished or unexhibited materials from both the Cyprus Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum. This book serves as a catalog to the February 1990
exhibition held at the J. Paul Getty Museum.

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TRATADO MONTE & VEGETACIÓN En este libro Usted descubrirá y aprenderá como usar las plantas para hacer Trabajos Espirituales y Sanaciones para usted y los demás. Este libro es un pequeño diccionario botánico que te revelara secretos antiguos de hechizos y remedios. La existencia de la Medicina Natural con hierbas y plantas es milenaria. Es un hecho que la humanidad a sido tratada, curada y aliviada por siglos con estos remedios por ellos estamos hoy aquí, ¿Cierto?... la medicina actual solo tiene unos cuantos años, así que con esto quiero decir que si han trabajado y muy bien de hecho, y así por siglos el hombre fue acumulando todo alrededor de las especies medicinales. Los paleros, curanderos han conservado su tradición y hacen posible que hablemos del conocimientos de las plantas, así que esto es una mirada al pasado, unos secretos guardados que se le confían hoy a usted. Actualmente vemos con beneplácito que los países también comienzan a interesarse y se incrementa la lista de Plantas Medicinales aprobadas para su uso en terapias curativas. Más de la mitad de los fármacos que encontramos en el mercado están elaborados con plantas medicinales. Las plantas, las hierbas, los palos forman parte del Palo Monte Mayombe Kimbisa de aquí que se deriva el nombre de esta religión, así que un palero que no tenga conocimiento de las propiedades y la virtudes de la plantas no es palero verdadero. Cómo utilizar las plantas, Medicina Natural, ¡Auténticos Remedios! Remedios Naturales al Alcance de todos. ¡Recetas sencillas! Conoce los secretos que encierra cada planta tanto para la salud, como para hacer trabajos espirituales curar, aliviar enfermedades o amarrar, atraer al ser que amas. Para atraer el dinero o la buena fortuna, etc. Un libro muy útil que Revela Secretos casi olvidados, Las plantas y los hechizos son los remedios más antiguos de la humanidad.

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Hierbas y Plantas Curativas
Raimundo J. Largo , and Francisco Ruiz de Sola
Manufacturer: Libsa, Editorial S.A.
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 847630661X

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Hierbas y plantas curativas
Unknown
Manufacturer: Editorial Libsa
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 8466208011

Hierbas y Plantas Curativas - Plantas Shaman

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Hierbas y Plantas Curativas - Plantas Shaman
Jorge Fernadez Chiti
Manufacturer: Condorhuasi
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 9879697650

Hierbas Y Plantas Curativas: Una completa obra sobre los tratamientos con plantas y arbustos, detallando sus caracteristicas naturales y terapeuticas

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Hierbas Y Plantas Curativas: Una completa obra sobre los tratamientos con plantas y arbustos, detallando sus caracteristicas naturales y terapeuticas

Manufacturer: Diana
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ASIN: 9681338928

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Hierbas y Plantas Curativas
Jorge Fernandez Chiti
Manufacturer: Condorhuasi
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Russia's Sputnik Generation presents the life stories of eight 1967 graduates of School No. 42 in the Russian city of Saratov. Born in 1949/50, these four men and four women belong to the first generation conceived during the Soviet Union's return to "normality" following World War II. Well educated, articulate, and loosely networked even today, they were first-graders the year the USSR launched Sputnik, and grew up in a country that increasingly distanced itself from the excesses of Stalinism. Reaching middle age during the Gorbachev Revolution, they negotiated the transition to a Russian-style market economy and remain active, productive members of society in Russia and the diaspora.

In candid interviews with Donald J. Raleigh, these Soviet "baby boomers" talk about the historical times in which they grew up, but also about their everyday experiences—their family backgrounds; childhood pastimes; favorite books, movies, and music; and influential people in their lives. These personal testimonies shed valuable light on Soviet childhood and adolescence, on the reasons and course of perestroika, and on the wrenching transition that has taken place since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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A Family Favorite

your basic turnip story...with great illustrations

A Little Story About a Big Turnip (Jungle of Utt Series)
Tatiana Zunshine
Manufacturer: Pumpkin House, Ltd.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Listen and Learn (Learning to Get Along, Book 2)

ASIN: 0964601001

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Drawing from the history of Russian verbal art, this story about a family that must work together is an adaptation of a Russian children's folk tale. When the grandfather has trouble plucking a turnip from his garden, it takes the help of the entire family—grandmother, granddaughter, dog, cat, and mouse—to dislodge it. Rhythm and melody work in combination with a clever refrain and comical, vivid watercolor drawings to make this story lyrically and visually entertaining.

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A Family Favorite.......2007-01-09

This book was my son's favorite book for about a year and a half. We would read it 2, 3 times a day. He loved it. Very cute story, and my husband uses a different voice when the family is trying to pull the turnip. It cracks my son up!

your basic turnip story...with great illustrations.......2005-08-10

The author of this story wisely kept it simple and faithful to the original. The ilustrations really stand-out - my kids practically hold their breath (even though they know what's going to happen) as one after the other large-bottomed characters try to pull the turnip out of the ground until finally! they succeed.

100 Things You Should Know About Communism in the Usa, Religion, Education, Labor, Government & Spotlight on Spies (100 Things You Should Know About Communism, House Document No. 136)

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100 Things You Should Know About Communism in the Usa, Religion, Education, Labor, Government & Spotlight on Spies (100 Things You Should Know About Communism, House Document No. 136)

Manufacturer: U. S. Printing Office
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000ESLD7C

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This is one book containing all 5 volumes containing a total of 500 questions with answers. 82d Congress, 1st Session...House Document No. 136. Printed on May 14, 1951

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About Lenin
Victor, (Translator) Chistyakov
Manufacturer: Progress Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HIYE9S

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About Russia
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Manufacturer: Thames and Hudson
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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About Russia,
Ernest John Pickstone Benn
Manufacturer: NY: Appleton
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B0006D9L6A

About Stars - Four cycles of Jewish poetry in Russian: Exodus, To My Son, To Friends and Family, First Games (Soviet Russia, Lithuania, Israel) - 1946-2007

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About Stars - Four cycles of Jewish poetry in Russian: Exodus, To My Son, To Friends and Family, First Games (Soviet Russia, Lithuania, Israel) - 1946-2007
Victor Lirov
Manufacturer: Affinity Billing, Inc
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0979610125

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Victor Lirov was born in 1927 in Moscow, Russia. He is a bibliographer by profession, a doctor of philology by education, and a poet by calling. This little book has four cycles of his poetry in Russian. Lirov began writing "Exodus," its first cycle, in 1958 in Vilnius, Lithuania, as he began to discover his Jewish identity at a time when the Soviet empire was relentless and seemed invincible in its efforts to finally solve "the Jewish problem." Those who bore witness to the arrests, deportations, and murders of Jewish leaders in the Soviet Union during the 1950s understand the enormous personal risk involved in writing Jewish nationalist verses in the spirit of Lirov's "Exodus." Yet these few, brave Zionist voices eventually prevailed and over the years created a powerful tide that culminated in the one million-strong Exodus to Israel. Two other cycles include Lirov's writings to his son, family, and friends, spanning the years he lived in Lithuania and his subsequent emigration to Israel and absorption into Israeli culture. The fourth cycle presents for the first time Lirov's poems composed in 1946 in Moscow.

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In the 18th century, Adam Smith warned of the dangers of the joint-stock company, the precursor to today's modern corporation. Smith recognized the benefits of stock ownership--primarily in limiting risk to the investor--but he also saw these entities as a menace, with the potential for unlimited life, size, power, and license. Today, longtime shareholder-activist Robert A.G. Monks echoes these same concerns in The Emperor's Nightingale.

Monks argues that there are few checks on the governance of public companies and laments the corporate lawlessness that's rampant today--from toxic-waste dumps to clever tax dodges. He writes, "In the absence of clear owner-driven values, the managers of many publicly held corporations have become increasingly powerful, filling boards to suit their own agendas and commanding enormous personal compensation and severance packages.... With their tremendous power to influence public policy and the public economy, these boards and managers have become increasingly accountable only to themselves. Instead of embracing the challenges of adaptation to and effective engagement in a dynamic, living economy, these short-term driven companies seek to bend the rest of the economic system to their own needs."

Monks believes that the best hope for restoring accountability in today's corporations are the owners themselves--both individual and institutional shareholders. Only then will the corporate appetite for profits be balanced with the public good. The corporation, says Monks, is an example of a complex adaptive system, and he shows through computer modeling that responsible corporate behavior can enhance, not take away from, a company's bottom line. If you ever thought that corporate governance was one of those dry and uninteresting subjects, this insightful and thought-provoking book will surely change your mind. --Harry C. Edwards

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A compelling vision of the corporation of the future from the world's foremost shareholder activist

In The Emperor's Nightingale, Robert Monks weaves together parables, case studies, and insights from complexity thinking to reveal the true character of the corporation, as it struggles to reconcile the opposing forces of certainty and uncertainty, the predictable and the serendipitous, and short-term profit versus long-term economic value rooted in the social good.

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Original and thought provoking.......2001-04-02

This was a stimulating and thoughtful analysis by someone who has been a successful capitalist with experience in the innermost sanctum of coporate America. It is amusing to see right wing academics (such as one of the reviewers of this book) stretch to condemn this author (a Republican businessman) for his "liberal agenda." Those who retain some sense of intellectual curiosity will find much to reflect upon here. Those who are comitted apologists for the status quo need not bother with this book.

A dissenting vote.......2001-02-20

As with Robert Monk's other books, "The Emperor's Nightingale" tries to make the case for increased shareholder activism, especially by institutional investors. In his earlier works, Monks typically linked shareholder activism to corporate profitability. His earlier works, however, also touched on a broader social agenda. In "The Emperor's Nightingale," that broader social agenda takes center stage. It is a distinctly left-liberal agenda: corporate law compliance, corporate self-flagellation through mandatory disclosure of allegedly improper conduct, environmental protection, workers' rights, etc.

The trouble is that the root claim - that shareholder activism is a good thing - is both positively and normatively flawed. There is some anecdotal evidence that institutions are becoming more active, using the proxy system to defend their interests and influencing policy through negotiations with management. Yet, there is little concrete evidence that shareholder activism matters. Even the most active institutions devote little effort to monitoring management. They rarely conduct proxy solicitations or put forward shareholder proposals. They do not to try to elect representatives to boards of directors.

U.S. public corporations are characterized by a separation of ownership and control: the firm's nominal owners, the shareholders, exercise virtually no control over either day to day operations or long-term policy. Instead, control is vested in the hands of professional managers, who typically own only a small portion of the firm's shares. This separation has costs, the most significant of which are referred to as agency costs, incurred to prevent shirking by managers. The agency cost model forces one to confront the question: who will monitor the monitors? In any team organization, one must have some ultimate monitor who has sufficient incentives to ensure firm productivity without himself having to be monitored. Institutional investors, in Monks' theory, function as such ultimate monitors. Because they own large blocks, and have an incentive to develop specialized expertise in making and monitoring investments, they could hold management accountable for actions that do not promote shareholder welfare, which should lead to a reduction in agency costs.

The benefits of institutional control, however, may come at too high a cost. There is good evidence that bank control of the securities markets has harmed that Japanese and German economies by impeding the development of new businesses. More importantly, there is a risk that institutional investors will abuse their control by self-dealing and other forms of over-reaching. If management becomes more beholden to the interests of large shareholders, it may become less concerned with the welfare of smaller investors. The U.S. experience with social investing by public pension funds, moreover, suggests that politicization of stockownership will be an economic drag. In general, the greater the extent to which a public pension fund is subject to direct political control, the worse its investment returns.

In my view, moreover, the separation of ownership and control is a highly efficient solution to the decisionmaking problems faced by large corporations. Separating ownership and control by vesting decisionmaking authority in a centralized entity distinct from the shareholders is what makes the large public corporation feasible. To be sure, this separation results in the agency cost problem described above. A narrow focus on agency costs, however, easily can distort one's understanding. Corporate managers operate within a pervasive web of accountability mechanisms that substitute for monitoring by residual claimants. Agency costs, in any event, are the inevitable consequence of vesting discretion in someone other than the residual claimant. We could substantially reduce, if not eliminate, agency costs by eliminating discretion; that we do not do so suggests that discretion has substantial virtues.

The root economic argument against shareholder activism thus becomes apparent. Large-scale institutional involvement in corporate decisionmaking seems likely to disrupt the very mechanism that makes the modern public corporation practicable; namely, the centralization of essentially nonreviewable decisionmaking authority in the board of directors. Given the significant virtues of discretion, one ought not lightly interfere with management or the board's decisionmaking authority in the name of accountability. Preservation of managerial discretion should always be the null hypothesis. The separation of ownership and control mandated by U.S. corporate law has precisely that effect.

SEEKING THE FORCES FOR FOSTERING CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY........1999-04-23

Monks uses the science of complexity to examine the nature of organizational change. He posits that enterprises are undergoing a phase transition into a system for creating wealth for owners and society. He sees this corporate restoration process as a natural way to order the elements of corporate governance, increasing accountability to long-term owners. The book draws heavily on the new sciences (complexity science, chaos theory, complex adaptive systems) to shed light on the realities of the corporation. The bottom line in these pages is that corporate power is checked and held accountable, not by government or governance, but by the active involvement of institutional investors-pension funds and the like. The author's optimism is considerable in this regard; one only hopes he is right. There is a lot in this book worthy of your time. Overall, this work offers many unique insights and perspectives. Recommended. Reviewed by Gerry Stern, founder, Stern & Associates, author of Stern's Sourcefinder: The Master Directory to HR and Business Management Information & Resources, Stern's CyberSpace SourceFinder, and Stern's Compensation and Benefits SourceFinder.

Provocative.......1999-01-28

One of the cover reviews of Monks 'Nightingale"' lauds the books as an "intellectual tour de force". While there are certainly high brow aspects to the content (specifically the discussion of corporations as complex adaptive systems), the author's basic premise is simple: shareholders - particularly private pension funds - must force their corporate managers not only to maximize profit, but also to adhere to David Engel's 'triad' of obeying the law, informing the public about the corporations impact on society (both good and bad), and minimizing corporate involvement in politics. Overall, Monks analogy to Hans Christian Andersen's story of the Emporer and the Nightingale is clever and appropriate. I began the book by reading Chapter One (the original story) to my children and saved the rest for contemplation of the growing need for corporate accountability. Who will deny that short-term corporate profit-making is unacceptable capitalism in a world that, as Monks points out, now must insist on "long-term economic value rooted in the social good"?

Change the World!.......1999-01-16

Great book. Gives great insight on how to create a system that uses corporations to serve people rather than a system that uses people to serve corporations.

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The study deals with the revenue and cost structure of the Canadian furniture industry. The profitablity is compared to the overall manufacturing industry. We continue to analyze the industry's financial health. Ratios concerning debt and equity, liquidity, short term capital employment (receivables, inventory) are presented in numerous tables. Finally, financing sources ( banks, leasing, debentures) are discussed, indicating their advantages and disadvantages. Our findings are segregated by industry segment and company size.

Financial Health of the Canadian Furniture Industry

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Financial Health of the Canadian Furniture Industry
Aktrin Research Institute
Manufacturer: MarketResearch.com
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0002TMDI6
Release Date: 2004-08-01

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The study deals with the revenue and cost structure of the Canadian furniture industry. The profitability is compared to the overall manufacturing industry. We continue to analyze the industry's financial health. Ratios concerning debt and equity, liquidity, short term capital employment (receivables, inventory) are presented in numerous tables. Finally, financing sources (banks, leasing, debentures) are discussed, indicating their advantages and disadvantages. Our findings are segregated by industry segment and company size.

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Financial Health of the Canadian Furniture Industry
Thomas W. McCormack
Manufacturer: Aktrin Furniture Info Ctr
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Spiral-bound

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ASIN: 1894330641

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Financial Health of the Canadian Furniture Industry, Vol. 7

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Financial Health of the Canadian Furniture Industry, Vol. 7
Thomas W. McCormack
Manufacturer: AKTRIN Furniture Information Center
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000MUQ1DI

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Rapidly changing technology, the globalization of markets, and the declining role of unions are just some of the factors that have led to dramatic changes in working conditions in the United States. Little attention has been paid to the difficult measurement problems underlying analysis of the labor market. Labor Statistics Measurement Issues helps to fill this gap by exploring key theoretical and practical issues in the measurement of employment, wages, and workplace practices.

Some of the chapters in this volume explore the conceptual issues of what is needed, what is known, or what can be learned from existing data, and what needs have not been met by available data sources. Others make innovative uses of existing data to analyze these topics. Also included are papers examining how answers to important questions are affected by alternative measures used and how these can be reconciled. This important and useful book will find a large audience among labor economists and consumers of labor statistics.

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Labor Statistics Measurement Issues
J Haltiwanger
Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OP4B4M

LABOR STATISTICS MEASUREMENT ISSUES. National Bureau of Economic Research Studies in Income and Wealth, Vol. 60

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LABOR STATISTICS MEASUREMENT ISSUES. National Bureau of Economic Research Studies in Income and Wealth, Vol. 60
John et al. (editors). Haltiwanger
Manufacturer: Univ. of Chicago Press,
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000N7KREO

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